Mulberry Bridge Sections

France / Basse-Normandie / Arromanches-les-Bains / D514
 Second World War 1939-1945, road bridge
Here are 2 80ft sections of the Mulberry Bridges known as Whales.
The dock piers were code named Whales. These piers were the floating roadways that connected the "Spud" pier heads to the land. Designed by Allan Beckett the roadways were made from innovative torsionally flexible bridging units that had a span of 80 ft., mounted on pontoon units of either steel or concrete called "Beetles".
A longer section can be found in Vireville sur Mur on the west side of Omaha beach.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour#Whales
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Coordinates:   49°20'20"N   -0°36'58"E
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